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Illustration - Patagonie

ARGENTINA. PATAGONIA. LOS GLACIARES NATIONAL PARK. EL CHALTEN. THE FITZ ROY (3,441 M) AND CERRO TORRE (3,138 M) MOUNTAINS. A MOUNTAINEERING PARADISE, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND CHILE. IT IS A FRENCH, THE ALPINIST LIONEL TERRAY WHO FIRST ARRIVED AT THE SUMMIT OF FITZ ROY IN 1952 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Patagonie

ARGENTINA. PATAGONIA. LOS GLACIARES NATIONAL PARK. EL CHALTEN. THE FITZ ROY (3,441 M) AND CERRO TORRE (3,138 M) MOUNTAINS. A MOUNTAINEERING PARADISE, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND CHILE. IT IS A FRENCH, THE ALPINIST LIONEL TERRAY WHO FIRST ARRIVED AT THE SUMMIT OF FITZ ROY IN 1952 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Patagonie

ARGENTINA. PATAGONIA. LOS GLACIARES NATIONAL PARK. EL CHALTEN. THE FITZ ROY (3,441 M) AND CERRO TORRE (3,138 M) MOUNTAINS. A MOUNTAINEERING PARADISE, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND CHILE. IT IS A FRENCH, THE ALPINIST LIONEL TERRAY WHO FIRST ARRIVED AT THE SUMMIT OF FITZ ROY IN 1952 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura reached the summit of Mt. Fuji with a group of friends and family on Aug. 31, 2023, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C) walks through a torii gate after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura speaks to reporters after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura speaks to reporters after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front, C) and members of his support team are pictured at the top of Mt. Fuji which straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Photo taken with a fisheye lens shows 90-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front, C) and members of his support team at the top of Mt. Fuji which straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) and his son Gota are pictured after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C), seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, raises his arms in a "banzai" gesture after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C), seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, raises his arms in a "banzai" gesture after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura

Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2023, shows 90-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura, two days before tackling Japan's tallest mountain Mt. Fuji.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura watches the sunrise from the ninth station of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) watches the sunrise from the ninth station of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura and his son Gota (back) reach the ninth station of Mt. Fuji via a Shizuoka Prefecture side route on the second day of their ascent on Aug. 30, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (2nd from L) embarks on the second day of his ascent of Mt. Fuji from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 30, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) and his son Gota fuel up with breakfast on Aug. 30, 2023, before embarking on the second day of their ascent of Mt. Fuji, from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura embarks on the second day of his ascent of Mt. Fuji from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 30, 2023.

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Japanese woman who reached South Pole on skis returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sumiyo Tsuzuki, a 40-year-old alpinist from Tokyo who reached the South Pole on skis Jan. 24, poses for a photo on her return to Japan on Feb. 4.

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Japanese woman who reached South Pole on skis returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sumiyo Tsuzuki, a 40-year-old alpinist from Tokyo who reached the South Pole on skis Jan. 24, shows off the skis on her return to Narita airport on Feb. 4.

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Alpinists join hands to protect Mt. Fuji, Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - Ang Tshering Sherpa (L center), president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi (R center) pose for a photo at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on June 3, 2014, following the signing of a document on the cooperation to protect the environment of Japan's Mt. Fuji and the world's highest peak Mt. Everest.

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Donation for welfare of Nepalese Sherpas

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Photo shows Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi at a press conference in Kathmandu on May 5, 2014. Noguchi announced on behalf of Seven Summits Actions for Sustainable Society a donation of $100,000 for the welfare of Sherpa families bereaved the previous month and Sherpas who lose family members in future climbing accidents.

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Alpinist Noguchi captures life, death in photos

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi speaks about his recently published photo book during an interview on Aug. 12, 2013 in Tokyo.

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Japanese alpinist Miura, son

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Japanese alpinist and professional skier Yuichiro Miura (L) and his son Gota visit the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 27, 2013, after jointly climbing Mt. Everest. At 80, the elder Miura became the oldest person on May 23 to reach the summit of the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura after climbing Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura holds a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 26, 2013, after traveling from a base camp of Mt. Everest. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura after climbing Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura (L) holds a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 26, 2013, after traveling from a base camp of Mt. Everest. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain. To the right is his second son Gota, who also climbed the mountain peak.

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Miura after climbing Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura holds a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 26, 2013, after traveling from a base camp of Mt. Everest. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Miura at Everest base camp

EVEREST BASE CAMP, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura celebrates after arriving at the base camp of Mt. Everest in Nepal by a helicopter on May 26, 2013. He arrived in Kathmandu later the same day. Miura and his team reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese alpinist and professional skier, the oldest person ever to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Veteran alpinist Miura set to climb Mt. Everest at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran alpinist Yuichiro Miura trains in a low-oxygen room at Miura Dolphins Co.'s office in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 30, 2012.

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Veteran alpinist Miura set to climb Mt. Everest at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran alpinist Yuichiro Miura talks about his plan to scale the peak of Mt. Everest at the age of 80 at Miura Dolphins Co.'s office in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 30, 2012.

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Alpinist Kuriaki wins adventurer's award

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese alpinist Masatoshi Kuriaki speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2011. He received the Naomi Uemura adventure prize from the government of the city of Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture. In the background is an image of the late adventurer Uemura.

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Int'l Women's Day celebrated around the world

STORY: Int'l Women's Day celebrated around the world DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Lviv/Kabul/Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1.various of flower market in Ukraine 2.STANDUP (English): CHEN WENXIAN, Xinhua correspondent 3.SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MAKSYM MAKSYMOV, Lviv resident 4.various of International Women's Day activity in Afghanistan 5.SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): JAMILA SAFI, Executive director of Afghan Women's Peace and Freedom Organization 6.various of International Women's Day activity in Afghanistan 7.various of Greek alpinist Christina Flampouri 8.SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): CHRISTINA FLAMPOURI, Greek alpinist STORYLINE: Though the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is having a great impact on local people's life, many of them still chose to stop by flower shops on the occasion of the International Women's Day to buy gifts for their family members, hoping that peace will soon return to their country. STANDUP (English): CHEN WENXIAN, Xinhua correspondent "I'm in the city center of Lviv. Behind

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GREECE-ATHENS-FEMALE ALPINIST

(220308) -- ATHENS, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Greek female alpinist Christina Flampouri is pictured in Athens, Greece on March 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos) TO GO WITH Interview: "Nothing is impossible," first Greek woman to climb Mt Everest says on occasion of International Women's Day

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GREECE-ATHENS-FEMALE ALPINIST

(220308) -- ATHENS, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Greek female alpinist Christina Flampouri is pictured in Athens, Greece on March 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos) TO GO WITH Interview: "Nothing is impossible," first Greek woman to climb Mt Everest says on occasion of International Women's Day

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Award-winning alpinist Taniguchi dies after going missing on snowy mountain

Photo taken in September 2001 shows Japanese alpinist Kei Taniguchi, the first woman to win the prestigious Piolet d'Or (Golden Ice Axe) mountaineering award in 2009. Taniguchi was confirmed dead in a hospital on Dec. 22, 2015, after going missing a day earlier near a peak of the snowy Daisetsuzan volcanic group in Hokkaido, northern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search continues for Japanese alpinist Taniguchi

Two climbing friends of award-winning Japanese alpinist Kei Taniguchi look up towards a peak of the Daisetsuzan volcanic group in the town of Kamikawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Dec. 22, 2015, as police were searching near the peak for Taniguchi, who went missing a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seiko to sell limited edition "Alpinist" watches

Photo shows Seiko Watch Corp.'s two "Alpinist" models which will go on sale on May 29, 2015. Part of the sales of the limited edition models, sporting images of Mt. Fuji, will be donated to the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan to support the World Heritage preservation activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Legendary alpinist Messner

Legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner (3rd from R) poses for pictures in Kathmandu on April 19, 2018, after being felicitated by Nepal's government on the 40th anniversary of the first climb of Mt. Everest without supplementary oxygen which he achieved with Austrian climber Peter Habeler (far L).(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Need for mountain doctors growing in Japan amid trekking boom

Kazue Oshiro, a doctor specializing in mountain medicine, is examining a man at Hokkaido Ohno Memorial Hospital in Sapporo on July 7 2017. Oshiro, who was the team doctor when famed alpinist Yuichiro Miura climbed Mt. Everest at 80, became the first Japanese to obtain an international diploma in mountain medicine in 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese climber says returning to Mt. Everest in 2016

Japanese alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki, who lost nine fingers to frostbites while attempting to climb Mt. Everest in 2012 and yet again attempted twice to climb the mountain in 2015, holds a press conference in Kathmandu on Oct. 16, 2015, to announce that he would return to the mountain in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese alpinist aims to become 1st to climb Everest since quakes

Japanese alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki (2nd from L) receives a climbing permit and Nepali flag from Tourism Minister Kripashur Sherpa in Kathmandu on Aug. 23, 2015. Kuriki will attempt in mid-September to become the first person to climb Mt. Everest since the devastating quakes in Nepal earlier this year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese woman who reached South Pole on skis returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sumiyo Tsuzuki, a 40-year-old alpinist from Tokyo who reached the South Pole on skis Jan. 24, shows off the skis on her return to Narita airport on Feb. 4. (Kyodo)

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Japanese woman who reached South Pole on skis returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sumiyo Tsuzuki, a 40-year-old alpinist from Tokyo who reached the South Pole on skis Jan. 24, poses for a photo on her return to Japan on Feb. 4. (Kyodo)

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Japanese woman reaches South Pole on skis

TOKYO, Japan - Sumiyo Tsuzuki (file photo), a 40-year-old Japanese alpinist, has reached the South Pole on skis, her supporter in Japan said Jan. 24. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura (R), 88, participates in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on June 27, 2021, accompanied by his second-eldest son Gota.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura (R), 88, participates in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on June 27, 2021, accompanied by his second-eldest son Gota.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura (R), 88, participates in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on June 27, 2021, accompanied by his second-eldest son Gota.